Get Up Stand Up
Marc Chait Lyrics

Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Encouraging listeners to fight for their rights by standing up and taking action

Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
Urging listeners not to give up in their fight for justice and equality

Preacherman, don't tell me Heaven is under the earth
Rejecting the notion that people must only look to the afterlife for salvation and fulfillment

I know you don't know What life is really worth
Challenging the authority of religious leaders who claim to have all the answers about the meaning of life

It's not all that glitters is gold
Criticizing the superficiality and false promises of wealth and materialism

'Alf the story has never been told
Acknowledging that history and information can be censored or distorted

So now you see the light, eh! Stand up for your rights Come on!
Realizing the truth about the world and being motivated to take action

Most people think Great God will come from the skies Take away everything And make everybody feel high
Rejecting the idea that divine intervention will solve all problems and bring happiness

But if you know what life is worth You will look for yours on earth
Urging listeners to recognize their own value and seek fulfillment in this life, not just the afterlife

You stand up for your rights. Jah!
Reinforcing the central message of the song to stand up for one's rights and take action

We sick an' tired of-a your ism-skism game Dyin' 'n' goin' to heaven in-a Jesus' name, Lord
Rejecting the hypocrisy and manipulation of religious institutions and leaders who use promises of salvation for their own gain

We know when we understand Almighty God is a living man You can fool some people sometimes But you can't fool all the people all the time
Asserting that one's understanding of God and spirituality should come from within, not from external sources, and that deception can only work for so long

So now we see the light (What you gonna do?) We gonna stand up for our rights! (Yeah, yeah, yeah!)
Realizing the need for action and resolving to fight for one's rights

So you better Get up, stand up! (In the morning! Git it up!) Stand up for your rights! (Stand up for our rights!) Get up, stand up! Don't give up the fight! (Don't give it up, don't give it up!)
Urging listeners to take action every day, never giving up on the fight for justice and equality

Get up, stand up! (Get up, stand up!) Stand up for your rights! (Get up, stand up!) Get up, stand up! Don't give up the fight! (Get up, stand up!) Get up, stand up! Stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up! Don't give up the fight! (Get up, stand up!)
Repeating the core message of the song in a powerful, uplifting chorus